With the ICM Registry ending the Sunrise period, some sad news about the takeover of Escorts.com by the Federal Government kicked the .xxx equivalent into 7-figure orbit.
Simply put: the Feds took over Escorts.com due to the involvement of owners National A1 Advertising in illegal activities, and got hefty fines for that.
The Escorts.xxx domain is owned by Group Kaitu LLC – a company that owns a ton of adult domain names.
There is no doubt that while Escorts.com will sit unused and dormant for several years, resolving onto whatever page the Feds display – all while Escorts.xxx will become the ultimate escort guide domain, with an adult TLD to boot.
What a great day for the .xxx TLD!
actually I think it just made ‘escort’ domains worthless
unless they are tribute sites to the humble ford escort lol
That is what I love about domaining! You just never know what will become the next hot name.
Does anyone know exactly what illegal activities they were doing?
Honestly, In my opinion, with the dot com dormant for several years is difficult the dot xxx to reach 7 digits because the word was envolved in illegal activities too and it can have caused a negative image around this domain name.Thanks.
I hope I have the next hot name somewhere down the road soon.
So looks like eros.com bought escrots.xxx
My experienced guess tells me ICM sold escorts.xxx for around $200k
Wow! .xxx registry has revealed the owner’s name of domain name already.. Cool
Why not escorts business is a big one..
Amazing potential, definitely upper six figures or more..
Obviously none of you are from the adult industry. Buying escorts.xxx is like hanging a bull’s eye around your neck. Seriously! What? You think John Stagliano might buy it? You think Max Hardcore might want it? Come back to this planet. Actual, real-life pornographers do everything possible to stay OUT of prison. Richard is lucky that he walked away with a $6.8million fine and 18 months of probation. No one from within the established industry will touch this with a ten foot poll.
“Ann” – Porn is what makes the Internet go round. Learn it, love it!
Yes, porn does make the internet go round. And, it is tremendously profitable for those who take calculated risks, but extremely costly for those who actually believe that they can wave a red flag in front of the bull that is our department of justice. Why don’t you also recommend that people bid on children.xxx or bestiality.xxx ? How about corpse.xxx? The defense attorneys are lining up as I write.
“Ann” – Don’t forget God.xxx, it would make the bible thumpers cringe. But seriously, I am sure the ICM registry has addressed those concerns already.
@ ANN:
Are you saying that people who run escort services would shy away from any domain with the word “escort” in it?